Anyone looking for hidden treasure in writer-director Andy Tennant's new romantic comedy, "Fool's Gold," is in for a long and frustrating search.

That's because the only selling point is the re-teaming of Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, who made a likable enough screen couple in the 2003 comedy "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days." Indeed these beautiful people have enough on-screen chemistry to convince audiences that they're in love. Sadly, charisma isn't enough to overpower a script filled with surface gags and been-there-done that plotting.

Soon he's trying to convince Tess that he's found the location of a legendary Spanish treasure known as the Queen's Dowry.

Through a series of silly events, Tess and Finn do end up seeking the treasure with the help of a jaded billionaire named Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), his Paris Hilton-esque daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), and Finn's goofy sidekick, Alfonz (Ewen Bremner).

It wouldn't be much of an adventure film without bad guys, so Tennant and his two co-writers tossed in a gun-happy rapper named Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart), and Finn's old boss, Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone). Each wants to land the treasure and keep it for himself, and that sets the stage for some unhealthy -- and dangerous -- competition.

It's unfair to call "Fool's Gold" a complete failure, as it does have a handful of nice sequences. Also, McConaughey, Hudson and Sutherland turn up the charm every time they're on screen.

Alas, these points are little more than flecks of gold in a well-worn and sullied chest of junk. In other words, "Fool's Gold" lives up to it's title.